David Springer b. 14 Oct 1806 Struth, Bas-Rhin, FR d. 16 Apr 1884 Minier, Tazewell Co., IL: The Schrock-Birkey Connection
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David Springer

Male 1806 - 1884  (77 years)


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  • Name David Springer  [1, 2] 
    Birth 14 Oct 1806  Struth, Bas-Rhin, FR Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Immigration 21 Jun 1849  Solln To NY Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    • via Liverpool, on ship Minnesota, with members of his family
    Naturalization 11 Jan 1855  Pekin, Tazewell Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Residence 1857  Minier, Tazewell Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • (David)
    Death 16 Apr 1884  Minier, Tazewell Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Burial Hopedale, Tazewell Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    • Hopedale Mennonite Cemetery
    Person ID I1143  Schrock-Birkey Connection
    Last Modified 1 Jul 2021 

    Father Johannes Springer,   b. Abt 1776-1778, Struth, Bas-Rhin, FR Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 18 Mar 1831, Gittersbach, Dachau, Bavaria, GR Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 53 years) 
    Mother Katharina Zehr,   b. 15 Apr 1778, Struth, Bas-Rhin, FR Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 10 Sep 1849, Tremont, Tazewell Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 71 years) 
    Marriage 27 Jan 1798  Struth, Bas-Rhin, FR Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F367  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Elizabeth Guth (Good),   b. 31 Jan 1803, Busenberg, Palatinate, GR Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 10 Sep 1849, Tremont, Tazewell Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 46 years) 
    Children 
     1. Catharine Springer,   b. 1829, Solln, Bavaria, GR Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Abt 1849, IL Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 20 years)
     2. Elizabeth Springer,   b. 24 Jul 1830, Bavaria, GR Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 30 Aug 1921, Tiskilwa, Bureau Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 91 years)
     3. Johann Springer,   b. 28 Aug 1834, Munich, Bavaria, GR Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 13 May 1896, Little Mackinaw Twp., Tazewell Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 61 years)
     4. Christian Springer,   b. 12 Oct 1835, GR Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 9 Jul 1920, Peoria, Peoria Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 84 years)
     5. Joseph Springer,   b. 20 Jun 1837   d. 29 Mar 1902, Hopedale, Tazewell Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 64 years)
     6. Magdalena Springer,   b. 2 Feb 1840   d. 16 Jul 1921, Colfax, IL Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 81 years)
     7. Barbara Springer,   b. 28 Apr 1842   d. 16 Jan 1917, Boynton Twp., Tazewell Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 74 years)
    Family ID F1939  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 3 Jan 2006 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 14 Oct 1806 - Struth, Bas-Rhin, FR Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsNaturalization - 11 Jan 1855 - Pekin, Tazewell Co., IL Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1857 - Minier, Tazewell Co., IL Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 16 Apr 1884 - Minier, Tazewell Co., IL Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - - Hopedale, Tazewell Co., IL Link to Google Earth
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  • Notes 
    • The only child of Catherine and Johannes to have migrated to America. David lived at Solln, a southwestern Munich suburb, and sailed with his wife Elizabeth Guth on the Minnesota in 1849.

      On 1 Apr 1844, Elisabeth Springer authorized her husband in Solln to realize the real estate. [4, 5]

  • Sources 
    1. [S468] Birky and Springer immigration.

    2. [S1285] Herbert Holly, Preacher Heinrich Stalter---Head of the Amish Mennonite Congregation of Munich.

    3. [S1060] Find-A-Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/71922983/david-springer.

    4. [S729] Research records sent to Alta Heiser Detweiler in correspondence by Gertrude Guth.

    5. [S398] Joseph Staker, Amish Mennonites in Tazewell Co.


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